Explosion in East Village apartment sets off building fire overnight; resident burned in one unit

Some East Village residents are displaced Friday after an explosion and fire at their apartment complex overnight.

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SAN DIEGO - A man attempting to extract hash oil at an East Village apartment complex caused an explosion and a subsequent two-alarm fire, authorities said.

San Diego police officers and firefighters were dispatched to the complex on F Street at Ninth Avenue after the explosion about 8:45 p.m. Thursday, and arrived to find the building in flames, police said.

A woman suffered severe burns in the fire and was taken to a hospital to be treated, according to police and the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

SDFRD spokesman Lee Swanson said a fire in the kitchen of a third-floor apartment was ignited when butane, used in the extraction process, sparked.